The indifference of her biological mother, the rejection of her brother and the exclusion of her so-called sister, none of these had any effect on Su Yao. She had already gotten through the most terrifying and heartbreaking times. These people had been able to hurt her only because they took advantage of her caring about them, but now she no longer cared, so these people were nothing.
Besides, even though she lost all these, she still had Mrs. He's wholehearted protection. This was already very good, and she shouldn't ask for more.
"Don't worry about it. It's better to offend him severely." Su Yao smiled slightly: "If people are too rational, they will not make mistakes easily."
Yancao was putting wintersweets into a plum vase. When she heard this, she was stunned and a little confused.
What went wrong
What does girl mean
Jinping had already washed Su Yao's face and was about to go out with the water. She was more open-minded than Yancao: "Anyway, they won't treat our girl well even if we just accept it. What the girl is saying is, why should we swallow our anger in front of them?"
Yan Cao couldn't help but glare at this girl. Just as she was about to say something to her, she heard Mother Shen calling out from outside, so she hurriedly said, "I'm here, please come in, mother!"
Mother Shen went to watch the servants collect the things Su Yao brought. Although she didn't have many valuable things, Mother Shen was very attentive to everything that was brought. Now she came in with the registered book for Su Yao to check.
Su Yao was not in a hurry to look at it. He put the account book aside and asked Mother Shen to sit down. Then he asked softly, "Mom, do you have another cousin who stayed in the Shen family to work?"
When Mother Shen was a wet nurse in the Shen family, she did have a cousin, but ever since she followed Su Yao into the He family, they had no contact anymore. One reason was that they had lost contact with each other, and the other was that the Shen couple themselves were busy traveling between Beijing and Shandong, so they had no place to send letters.
Hearing Su Yao mention it, Mother Shen was a little surprised, and then she reacted: "Yes, she used to serve Madam... Madam Shen, but I don't know what's happened to her now."
"Then take some time to go see them, Mom." Su Yao opened the drawer and took out a fifty-liang silver note from it: "We haven't seen each other for many years, Mom should go see the old sisters and talk about family affection."
Mother Shen was startled and quickly stood up to refuse: "How can this be done? Girl, this is not possible..."
Fifty taels of silver was a very large sum of money. When she worked for the Shen family, she only earned eight hundred wen of silver a month. When she came to the He family, her salary was raised, but it was only one tael of silver. Fifty taels was enough to keep her busy for several years.
"Here." Su Yao stuffed the banknote into her hand and looked at her seriously: "Mom, I trust you. This time you are going to meet the people of the Shen family, in addition to meeting your sister, I also want you to help me pass on a message and do something."
As she spoke, she saw Mother Shen looking at her in astonishment after taking the banknote, so she said softly, "You also know my situation in the mansion. If she doesn't leave, I can't live in peace in the mansion."
Of course Mother Shen knew what happened today. It had spread throughout the mansion. Master Su An scolded the fourth young lady harshly for the third young lady.
She felt extremely distressed, as Su Yao was the child she had raised. In her eyes, no one was closer to her than Su Yao, not even if Su Xingxuan was the biological daughter of her former master.
Besides, Su Yao never took the initiative to provoke her, but Su Xingxuan was the one who fanned the flames all the way. She even wanted to step on him when he was in Taiyuan. It was really too much.
She suddenly felt infinite courage and nodded fearlessly: "Okay! Girl, tell me what you want me to do, even if it means going through fire and water, I'm willing to do it!"
"That doesn't have to be so serious." Su Yao couldn't help but smile, her eyebrows curved, finally showing some of the playfulness that should be in her age. She said softly: "Just say a word to my godfather for me."
Mother Shen pricked up her ears and repeated Su Yao's instructions to her, making sure not a single word was missed, and then she immediately agreed.
At this time, Su Xingxuan had just finished bathing and came out of the bathroom wearing an apricot-white undercoat. She looked even more elegant and refined. Her hair was still wet. Yongge immediately put down the work in his hands, went forward to put the coat on her, and helped her sit down beside the fumigation cage with familiarity, and took a towel to wrung her hair dry bit by bit.
Su Xingxuan squinted her eyes for a while before opening them again. The warmth of the incense burner made her feel less tired today. When the door curtain moved and she saw the person coming, her eyes lit up and she smiled sincerely, saying, "You're finally back!"
The one who came back was An Ying, one of the eldest maids in her courtyard, and also the daughter of Liu Mama, one of the managing maids in Madam Su San's courtyard. She had always been her favorite, but she had taken leave a few days ago and went home to live for a while.
An Ying laughed, stepped forward and took the handkerchief from the singer's hand, and continued to wipe her hair. She said, "You, I heard that you are always in a bad mood recently."
Her tone was intimate, and she was not as cautious as Yongge and Yonghe were in front of Su Xingxuan.
Su Xingxuan pouted and snorted in grievance: "If you are a person who can breathe, how can you not be angry after encountering so many bad things?"
As she spoke, she rubbed her brows and yawned sleepily, but she still asked, "How is mother doing? Father must be very angry this time. I heard that he didn't use the soup I sent him."
An Ying paused and told the truth: "I heard from my mother that the Madam and the Master had an argument... but the Madam finally agreed to let the Fourth Young Lady live in the old lady's courtyard. The Master was angry that the Third Young Master was too obedient to you, so he warned the Madam to discipline the Third Young Master strictly in the future..."
Su Xingxuan's eyes were cold.
Su An was indeed very stupid, but she was the one who could hit whatever she pointed at with her knife. Mrs. He, on the other hand, tried to snatch the knife away from her as soon as she arrived.
But is there anything that simple in this world
She snorted softly, sneered, and asked An Ying: "Did you receive the message I sent to you?"
An Ying had already helped her dry her hair, and handed the handkerchief to Yongge beside her, and helped her stand up: "Don't worry, everything is as you said, and I have already told Qingsong who is by the Third Young Master's side. He is the most reliable person to do things, and he is also someone close to the Third Young Master. No one will be suspicious if he goes to deliver the message."
Su Xingxuan's mood finally improved a little.
Who the hell are these people? They want to step on her head one by one.
Didn't Mrs. He find a backer for Su Yao? She wanted to let Mrs. He see how easily this backer could collapse!